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A 1941 graduate of Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, where he served on the student council and participated in forensics under dramatic coach John Davies, he took second place in the National Forensics League national contest in Lexington, Kentucky in dramatic declaration and oratorical declamation. (The Kenosha team won the meet that year over 800-plus contestants.) By 1948, he was working in radio and joined television in its infancy, becoming the commercial announcer for "I Love Lucy" in 1951. He was married for sixty years.- Director
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Michael Campus was born on 28 March 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Z.P.G. (1972), Survival (1976) and Hiroshima (1995). He was married to Arla Dietz Campus. He died on 15 May 2015 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Donald Wrye attended UCLA and while there began his directing with an unknown short film. He subsequently wrote and directed short documentaries before proceeding as a major director. He first worked for the U.S, government. He was well respected at UCLA studying in the Theater Arts department as he developed toward his career objectives. I attended UCLA at the same time and became his friend. Conrad Sprout.- Marc Baxley was born on 3 September 1938 in Fremont, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), Hawaii Five-O (1968) and CHiPs (1977). He died on 15 May 2015 in Millbrae, California, USA.
- Rex Doyle was born in 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Beg! (1994), The Fool (1990) and Lovejoy (1986). He was married to Sandra Voe. He died on 15 May 2015 in England, UK.
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Judith Shutt was born in 1942 in England, UK. She is known for Thunderbirds Are GO (1966), Thunderbirds (1965) and Stingray (1964). She died on 15 May 2015.- Actor
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Wilhelm 'Willy' Hagara was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927. He was initially trained as a postal clerk and practiced this profession as well. In 1946, he won a popular song contest in the Wiener Konzerthaus. He focused all his activities to this new career, and took singing and acting lessons. During this time he was successful with folk songs and as the singer of the band of John Fehring, who later became the leader of the ORF Big Band Orchestra. Hagara was a classic band singer who performed one of his songs in an early Schlager show for the German ARD television, Schlager-Expreß/Schlager Express (1953). Finally in 1955 came his breakthrough with the song Eine Kutsche voller Mädels/A Coach Full of Girls (1955).
Hagara moved to Frankfurt in Germany and became the German Perry Como, whose songs in German versions he often would sing. Two years later he appeared in his first film, the musical comedy Weißer Holunder/White Elder (Paul May, 1957) with Germaine Damar. This was followed by a string of light entertainment films: Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten/Love, Girls and Soldiers (Franz Antel, 1958), Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik/My Whole Heart is Filled with Music (Helmut Weiss, 1959), Der Haustyrann/The Domestic Tyrant (Hans Deppe, 1959) starring Heinz Erhardt, Laß mich am Sonntag nicht allein/Let Me Not Be Alone on Sunday (Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1959) with Heidi Brühl, and Paprika/Pepper (Kurt Wilhelm, 1959).
Cinema attendance in Germany and Austria had spectacularly grown in the 1950s, but at the end of the decade it first stagnated and went into free-fall in the 1960s; the once popular Schlager films suddenly became outdated. In 1961 Willy Hagara appeared in his last Schlager film, Ramona (Paul Martin, 1961) with Senta Berger. At the time, television was developing into a mass medium that began to compete with the cinema and by 1962 there were already 7 million TV sets in West-Germany. Hagara moved over to the small screen and appeared in such musical TV comedies as Mitternachtszauber/Midnight Magic (Ralph Lotar, 1964) with Werner Fuetterer, and Vom Ersten das Beste/From the First the Best (Ekkehard Böhmer, 1965) with Hannelore Auer. These TV productions were in the same genre as the films he had made in the 1950s for the cinema. He had five Top 10 recording hits, including the evergreen Casetta in Canada. His song Du spielst 'ne tolle Rolle (You Play a Great Role) became one of Nat King Cole's Top 10 hits in the US. But the Beat wave finished his singing career. His later TV-films included Ein Mädchen von heute/A Girl of Today (Dieter Finnern, 1966) with Karin Baal.
In 1969 he received an inheritance which left him a millionaire: His father, the merchant Franz Hagara, left him with a villa and several lease lands in Vienna. However, he did not retire and he bridged the 1970s with live gala performances, and appeared as a guest in such TV shows as Hit-Journal (H.B. Theopold, 1973), Tango-Tango (Horst Eppinger, 1976) and Ein kleines Glück auf allen Wegen/A Small Fortune on All Routes (Ekkehard Böhmer, 1980).
After the death of his wife in 1986, Willy Hagara retired from show business. His last public appearance was in a show from Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna in 2002 on the occasion of his 75th birthday; he passed away in 2015 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was 87.- Director
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Rudolf Fruntov was born on 8 July 1942 in Kungur, Molotov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Perm Krai, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Duraki umirayut po pyatnitsam (1990), Larets Marii Medichi (1981) and Anxious Sunday (1983). He died on 15 May 2015.- Corey Hill was married to Lauran Lowe. He died on 15 May 2015 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Garo Yepremian was born on 2 June 1944 in Larnaca, Cyprus. He was an actor, known for Paper Lion (1968), The Odd Couple (1970) and Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983). He was married to Maritza Javian. He died on 15 May 2015 in Media, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Didi Petet was born on 12 July 1956 in Surabaya, Indonesia. He was an actor and producer, known for Guru Bangsa Tjokroaminoto (2015), Madre (2013) and Pasir Berbisik (2001). He died on 15 May 2015 in South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.- Igor Malishevsky was born on 18 January 1936 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a writer, known for Kontrudar (1985), Sovyetskaya Ukraina: Gody borby i pobed (1977) and Most cherez zhizn (1986). He died on 15 May 2015 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Eliane Gallet was an actress and writer, known for La tribu (1991), La travestie (1988) and Placé en garde à vue (1994). She died on 15 May 2015 in France.- Renzo Zorzi was born on 12 December 1946 in Ziano di Fiemme, Trento, Italy. He died on 15 May 2015 in Magenta, Italy.
- Ardda Lynwood was born on 17 June 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Curley (1947) and Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948). She died on 15 May 2015 in Arizona, USA.
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Barbara Dreyfus was the head of Will Packer Productions and began her career in the legal department of the William Morris Agency. She worked as an agent at InterTalent and then at ICM, where she worked in the motion picture literary department before moving to UTA where she represented writers, directors and producers for thirteen years.- Production Designer
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Leszek Wajda was a production designer, known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Innocent Sorcerers (1960) and Samson (1961). He died on 15 May 2015.